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Originally Posted by elysiantraveller
To your first point. Yes. The United States doesn't need the oil. Europe can buy from Russia, Venezuela, Canada, the US, the rest of OPEC who doesn't like S.A. btw. All are preferable to getting involved in what is tantamount to a Holy War in the Middle East.
As far as Russia and China why would they risk a conflict with the United States. One in which they have so much to lose and so little to gain over some Muslim Theocracy? Putin, the smartest leader in realpolitik today sure as hell wouldn't. Russia likes Iran insofar as they trade with them and cause us problems but they aren't risking a war with the US and potentially NATO over it.
You're far more likely to see what we see in Syria where they support their guys and we support ours in Proxy War fashion. Israel wouldn't take sides in that conflict.
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I never said the U.S. would "need" Saudi oi; but what about the rest of the world? Would they need Saudi oil? What if 1/3 or so of OPEC's oil export's were held hostage by Iran or some other whack job state? Would that impact global oil prices? (Probably not much, huh? Maybe a nickle or so at the pump?)
With all due respect, I think you're suffering from a touch of [mental] myopia.
